Hand Flamer
A Blood Angels Hand Flamer
Hand Flamers are a type of compact Imperial flame weapon. Also called a "burner", the hand flamer is a more compact pistol version requiring only one hand.[1]
Overview
Along with using a lower-capacity fuel tank it has much reduced range, which makes it suited for assault and close-combat purposes, incinerating foes at short range.[1] The weapon is used by assault squads, such as Seraphim units which employ them in pairs.
Patterns
- Akkadic Pattern — Used by Ashen Circle Legionaries[2]
- Coldfire Pattern — Used by House Van Saar on Necromunda.[7]
- Crucible Variant — Used by House Orlock on Necromunda.[9]
- Destroyer-Pattern — Also known as the Cadence Promethium Incineration Device, it was produced by the Inquisition in the Calixis Sector. It uses technology similar to a Plasma Gun to create super-heated thermal blast that burns fat hotter and with greater fuel efficiency than normal Hand Flamers.[4]
- Exterminator
- Ignis Pattern — Used by Space Marines, most notably the Blood Angels and their Successor Chapters.[3]
- Pyre Pistol - Used by the Black Templars[11]
Notable Hand Flamers
- Baal's Vengeance
- Drakkis — Wielded by Adrax Agatone.[5]
- Ignatus — Wielded by Antor Delassio.[6]
Images
Word Bearers Akkadic Pattern Hand Flamer
Inquisition Hand Flamer
Hand Flamer
Hand Flamer
Coldfire Pattern Hand Flamer[7]
House Escher Hand Flamer, Sub-Type issued on Hive Alortis[8]
House Orlock Hand Flamer[9]
House Goliath Hand Flamer[10]
See also
Sources
- 1: Warhammer 40,000: Wargear, pg.23
- 2: The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest, pg. 111
- 3: Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition), pg. 59
- 4: Dark Heresy: The Inquisitor's Handbook, pg. 111
- 5: Codex Supplement: Salamanders (8th Edition), pgs. 38-39 — Adrax Agatone
- 6: Bad Blood (Short Story) — Deathwatch: Ignition (Anthology)
- 7: Necromunda: House of Artifice, pgs. 110-111
- 8: Necromunda: House of Blades, pg. 114
- 9: Necromunda: House of Iron, pgs. 112
- 10: Necromunda: House of Chains, pgs. 144-146
- 11: Warhammer Community: The Execrator will make sure you keep your vow to kill absurd amounts of heretics (archived from the original 23 June 2025, last accessed 23 June 2025)
| Flame Weapons | |
|---|---|
| Portable | Imperial Flamer • Pyreblaster • Fire Pike • Brazier of Holy Fire • Exterminator • Hand Flamer • Pyre Pistol • Combi-Flamer • Flamestorm Gauntlet • Incendine Combustor • Warpflame Weapon |
| Heavy | Heavy flamer • Pyre Cannon • Incendium Firepike • Incinerator • Atalan Incinerator • Flamestorm Cannon • Inferno cannon • Inferno gun • Incendium Cannon |
| Xenos | Ork Flame Weapons • Eldar Flamer • Dragon Breath Flamer • Tau Flamer • Phased Plasma-Flamer • Gauntlet of Fire • Flamespurt |